ATDTDA (2): Mannlicher (46.38)

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Sun Feb 11 22:48:52 CST 2007


"With more them damned anarchistic foreign-born south of Forty-seventh than you could point a Mannlicher at," chuckled Nate, "sur'd be a few less of em to worry about, wouldn't it?" (p. 26)



The Mannlicher-Schönauer (sometimes Anglicized as "Mannlicher Schoenauer," Hellenized as Τυφέκιον Μάνλιχερ or Όπλον Μάνλιχερ-Σενάουερ) is a type of rotary magazine bolt action rifle adopted by both the Greek and Austrian Armies in 1903. [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannlicher-Sch%C3%B6nauer

http://www.mannlicher.com/
 

While the Steyr-Mannlicher brand is well know in European shooting circles it has not been well known here in the United States until recently. The following is some background and historical information on the company that has brought shooters around the world the SSG, the AUG, and the Steyr Scout Rifle, and has been excerpted from official Steyr documents. [...]

http://www.steyrscout.org/steyr.htm

 



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